Reading the Glass : : a Captain's View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships
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A professional captain of traditional sailing ships who has spent thirty years at sea offers a sailor's-eye-view of the moving parts of our atmosphere, unveiling the larger patterns it holds: global winds, storms, air masses, jet streams, and the longer arc of our climate.
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PUBLISHED
[New York] : Dutton, [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780593185056
0593185056
SUBJECTS
Rappaport, Elliot.
Marine meteorology.
Weather.
Seafaring life.
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
Autobiographies.